Our heartiest congratulations are extended to Dr. Gregory C. Tucci, our Co-Director of Undergraduate Studies, who has been named a Senior Lecturer by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences!

Congratulations to Logan McCarty, currently co-teaching Physical Sciences 2 and associated for many years with CCB as student, teaching fellow, preceptor and advisor to undergraduates, who has been named Assistant Dean in Academic Programs effective October 15th.

The first recipient of the CCB Staff Administrator Award is Rick Barry, Maintenance Technician in Operations! Congratulations to Rick, honored "for exceptional and continuing performance in the service of the Chemistry & Chemical Biology Department."

Congratulations to Professor Alan Saghatelian, one of the first recipients of the NIH Director's New Innovator Award!

Congratulations to Professor Adam Cohen, a Camille and Henry Dreyfus New Faculty Awardee! Adam has also been named to the Technology Review TR35 list of Young Innovators Under 35.

Congratulations to the following teaching fellows who have been awarded Certificates of Distinction for Excellence in Teaching for spring semester courses:

Justin McCarty, Physical Sciences 1
Stephen Weinman, Physical Sciences 1
Angela Koh, Physical Sciences 1
Israel Meir, Physical Sciences 1
Michael McGaghie, Physical Sciences 1
Julie Schlenker, Physical Sciences 1

Yimon Aye, Chemistry 20

Takeru Furuya, Chemistry 27
Shota Kikuchi, Chemistry 27
Xiaonan Lin, Chemistry 27
Amy Wojciechowski, Chemistry 27

Joseph Wzorek, Chemistry 40

Daniel Rosenberg, Chemistry 165

Shu Sin Chng, Chemistry 270
Sun Hyung Chung, Chemistry 270

The ACS Biochemical Technology Division (BIOT) presented Brian Timko of the Lieber Group its 2006 W. H. Peterson Award for his paper, "Designing and Implementing an Electronic Interface between Nanowires and Neurons." The award, presented at the ACS national meeting in Boston, is given annually to student members who present outstanding research in sessions sponsored by BIOT.

The inaugural Dudley R. Herschbach Award for excellence in the field of chemical reaction dynamics was presented in July to Richard Zare of Stanford and William Miller of Berkeley at the 21st Dynamics of Molecular Collisions meeting in Santa Fe. The award honors Prof. Herschbach for his many years of work in chemical dynamics.

CCB is proud to congratulate Gregg Tucci and Logan McCarty, recipients of the Petra T. Shattuck Excellence in Teaching Award at Commencement! Established by the Harvard Extension School in memory of Petra T. Shattuck, a distinguished and dedicated teacher in the program, who died of a cerebral hemorrhage in the spring of 1988, these prizes are awarded annually to honor outstanding teaching in the Extension program.

To acknowledge his support of the mission of the Harvard Foundation and his contributions to its programs, Jeremy R. Knowles, the Amory Houghton Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry and interim dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, has been named the recipient of the Foundation's 2007 Distinguished Faculty award.

Congratulations to Prof. David Evans, who received the Phi Beta Kappa award for teaching excellence on Tuesday, June 5th! Nominations for this award come entirely from undergraduate members of the Alpha-Iota of Massachusetts Phi Beta Kappa chapter, the oldest continuously existing chapter of the honor society.

Congratulations to Professor David Liu who has been honored with a Harvard College Professorship, given for recognition of undergraduate teaching, and with the Levenson Memorial Teaching Prize awarded by the Undergraduate Council!

In Memoriam Frank H. Westheimer, 1912-2007
At the age of 95, Prof. Westheimer remained actively involved in the intellectual life of CCB. In his honor, the department created the Westheimer Medal in 2002.

Jonathan Lawrence of the Evans group and Yi Zhang of the Kahne group are winners of the Hoffmann-La Roche Excellence in Chemistry Award, for research accomplishments in the field of organic chemistry. Lawrence and Zhang presented their research at Roche's annual Excellence in Chemistry Symposium on June 4th and 5th in Nutley, New Jersey.

Professor William A. Klemperer 80th!

On Saturday, October 6, 2007, friends and colleagues will gather to celebrate Professor Klemperer's birthday. For complete schedule of events, please see the linked agenda.

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NEW FACULTY

Welcome to Professors Joanna Aizenberg, Gordon McKay Professor of Materials Science and Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, and Erin O'Shea, Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Director of the FAS Center for Systems Biology, new joint members of CCB!

We are pleased to welcome Dr. Theodore Betley as Assistant Professor of inorganic chemistry, beginning July 1st, 2007. Dr. Betley comes to us from MIT, where he has been a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Professor Daniel Nocera.

We are also very pleased to welcome Dr. Adam Cohen as Assistant Professor of physical chemistry beginning in August. An alumnus of Harvard, Dr. Cohen received graduate degrees from the University of Cambridge and Stanford, where he was also a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Professor W. E. Moerner.

Graduate student Thomas Snyder of the Liu Group is the World Sudoku Champion as of March 31, 2007, beating a group of 140 players from 32 countries in a 3-day contest held in Prague.

CCB Professor George M. Whitesides received the American Chemical Society's 2007 Priestley Medal in March. The annual award, which is the highest honor bestowed by the ACS, recognizes distinguished service to the field of chemistry. Both a profile of Professor Whitesides and his acceptance speech can be viewed at http://pubs.acs.org/cen/coverstory/85/8513cover.html.

Congratulations to our 2007 ACS National Award winners:

• Prof. Xiaowei Zhuang, ACS Award in Pure Chemistry
• Prof. David Evans, Herbert C. Brown Award for Creative Research in Synthetic Methods
• Prof. Gregory Verdine and Anirban Banerjee, Nobel Laureate Signature Award for Graduate Education in Chemistry

Congratulations to Associate Director Jerry Connors for 40 years of service to CCB!

Congratulations to the following for receiving Certificates of Distinction for Excellence in Teaching from the Bok Center for the fall semester:

Karen O'Brien, Chem 17
Sarah Reisman, Chem 17
Christopher Uyeda, Chem 17

Shota Kikuchi, Chem 30
Tania Lupoli, Chem 30
Israel Meir, Chem 30

Mathieu Lalonde, Chem 206
Hyun-Ji Song, Chem 206

Landy Blasdell, Chem 215
David Kummer, Chem 215

Walter Kowtoniuk, Chem 280

Meghan Thurlow, SCI A-50

Shu Sin Chng, LS 1a
Kevin Esvelt, LS 1a

The April 23rd edition of C&E reports the following presentation of Prof. George Whitesides as recipient of the ACS Priestley Medal, by President Catherine Hunt: “It isn’t often that one has the opportunity to introduce a legend. But tonight, I have the distinct honor of introducing a legend in chemistry. In all fairness, I should say a legend in physical and organic chemistry, materials science, biophysics, bioorganic chemistry, biotechnology, surface science, self-assembly, nanotechnology, microfluidics … Well, anyway, you get the idea. George’s contributions are encyclopedic. He has more than 900 published articles to his credit. And his name and papers are always at or near the top of the list for citation counts and Impact Factor. In fact, George is ranked first on the list of “The Most Cited Researchers in Chemistry” compiled by “in cites” — a Web component of Thomson Scientific’s “Essential Science Indicators.” George has mentored more than 300 graduate students, postdocs, and visiting scholars. George Whitesides takes an active role in the public policy arena for science and technology. In fact, he serves as chair of the National Academy’s Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy.” Congratulations, George!

Welcome New Staff Members

Minoo Ardeshiri, Administrator for Prof. Aspuru-Guzik

Jeff Creson, Laboratory Administrator for Prof. Park

Emanuelle Hestermann, Executive Assistant for Prof. Friend

Norman Lee, Research Assistant in Mass Spectrometry

Prof. David Evans has been named the recipient of two awards: the Ryoji Noyori Prize administered by The Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan, "to recognize and encourage outstanding contributions to research in asymmetric synthetic chemistry defined in its broadest sense," and the Glenn T. Seaborg Medal from UCLA's Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, honoring individuals for their significant contributions to chemistry and biochemistry.

The Royal Society of Chemistry has named Professor George M. Whitesides an Honorary Fellow. The award is bestowed upon those who have made outstanding contributions to chemical sciences, resulting in significant impacts and benefits to the chemical community.

Welcome New Staff Members

Michele Brown, Accounting Assistant in the Finance Office
Kathy Weldon, Graduate Program Administrator
Allen Aloise, Science Safety Officer
Meg Flynn, Executive Assistant
Jahan Habib, Laboratory Administrator for Professor Xie
Jeff Fosdick, Administrator for Professors MacBeath and Holm
Ahamindra Jain, Director of Undergraduate Labs
Ali Munawar, Research Assistant in the Saghatelian Group
Jonathan Berk, Faculty Assistant to Professor Xie
Purvang Patel, Laboratory Administrator for Professor Lieber
Kathleen Ledyard, Staff Assistant to Professor Lieber

Staff Transitions

Sandy Rosen retired on August 31st after 20 years of Harvard service.
Four staff members have received promotions:
Elisa Lenssen, Secretary to Professor Whitesides
Linda Ross, Manager of Research Administration
Steve Soph, Executive Assistant to Professor Friend
Gregg Tucci, Co-Director of Graduate Studies

World Scientific Publishing has produced a book by CCB staff member William J Croft, titled "Under the Microscope: A Brief History of Microscopy." The book outlines the history of the development of microscopy, from the use of beads and water droplets in ancient Greece, through the simple magnifying glass, to the modern compound microscope. The technology and optical theory are developed in a straightforward manner, and this leads to a description and explanation of the most modern technologies in electron microscopy, and scanning electron microscopy as well as the new scanning probe microscopies. A series of very interesting applications of the various microscopic techniques are described. The most recent pioneering techniques in near field and confocal optical microscope technologies are described and evaluated for their future importance.

Eric Heller elected to the National Academy of Sciences
In recognition of his distinguished and continuing achievements in original research, Professor Eric Heller has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, April 2006.
For more information on Professor Heller's work, please visit http://monsoon.harvard.edu
For more information on the National Academy of Sciences, please visit nationalacademies.org

Gregory C. Tucci, Ph.D. CCB's Assistant Director of Undergraduate Studies has been named as a recipient of the Warren R. Stockwood Prize. This honor, named for Warren Stockwood, former Associate Director in CCB, is awarded on a non-regular basis to individuals selected by the departmental Faculty. The prize includes both a stipend and a dinner, and is intended to recognize "exceptional and sustained contributions" of the department's nonacademic employees.

Staff Milestones

CCB would like to congratulate the following CCB staff members for their years of service at Harvard. Thank you all for your service and dedication to the Department and to Harvard.

40 Years of Service to Harvard University
Jerry Connors
June 1, 2006

30 Years of Service to Harvard University
Cheryl Ryder
March 1, 2006

20 Years of Service to Harvard University
Patti Gorman
June 1, 2006

15 Years of Service to Harvard University
William Collins
February 1, 2006

Jinlin Huang
July 1, 2006

10 Years of Service to Harvard University
Anita Pearson
March 1, 2006

Richard Ragin
October 1, 2006

Richard Staples
July 1, 2006

5 Years of Service to Harvard University
Qing Liao
March 1, 2006

Melissa LeGrand
March 1, 2006

Karen Rizman
September 1, 2006

CCB is honored to announce the David A. Evans Chemistry Fellowship Fund endowed by Novartis, for the Professor's "numerous contributions towards Organic Synthesis."

Congratulations to Gregg Tucci, PhD -- as the new Co-director of Undergraduate Studies.

Congratulations to Izzat Raheem, of Professor Eric Jacobsen's Laboratory, and Thomas Snyder, of Professor David Liu's Laboratory -- two of the American Chemical Society's Organic Division Fellowship Awardees. A link to their respective essays can be accessed at the following: ACS - Organic Division Fellowship Awardees.

Congratulations to Parvinder Singh Thiara!

A senior, currently studying with Professor Eric Jacobsen, and majoring in Chemistry, was named a Rhodes Scholar for 2007.

Congratulations to the recipients (listed below) of the Dudley R. Herschbach Teaching Awards for those recognized for "excellence in teaching and dedication to departmental service."

(L to R) Professor Dudley R. Herschbach, Alex Shalek (Fall, 2005-06), Izzat Raheem (Spring, 2005-06), Kevin Fortner (Spring, 2004-05), Paul Bracher and William J. Chain (Fall, 2004-05).